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Ch8 TESTPREP
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. A chemical reaction in which more energy is absorbed than is released is endothermic.
2. According to the law of conservation of mass, three atoms of calcium can react to produce six atoms of
calcium.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
3. Each substance written to the right of the arrow in a chemical equation is a
a. catalyst
c. product
b. precipitate
d. reactant

Figure 4
4. Figure 4 shows a molecule of ammonia. Which is the correct formula for a molecule of ammonia?
a. NH
c. NH3
b. 3NH
d. N3H

Figure 1
5. Figure 1 lists some substances and two important properties of each one. Which substance would be the best
choice to use when making a frying pan?
a. substance W
c. substance Y
b. substance X
d. substance Z

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6. What are the properties of the reactants like compared to the properties of the products in a chemical
reaction.
a. The properties are the same.
c. None of the above.
b. The properties are identical.
d. The properties are new and different.
7. When two substances undergo a chemical reaction, the substances left at the end of the reaction are called...
a. elements.
c. products.
b. none of the above.
d. reactants.
8. When the following chemical reaction is balanced, what number is placed before NH3?
N2 + 3H2 --> NH3
a. 6
c. 2
b. 3
d. 1
9. Which chemical equation is balanced?
a. 2Na + 2O2 --> 2Na2O
b. 2Na2 + O2 --> 2Na2O

c.
d.

Na + O2 --> Na2O
3Na + O2 --> 2Na2O

10. Pancake batter is cooked in a pan to make a pancake. This is a

a. atomic change
c. chemical change
b. physical change
d. negative change
11. In chemical reactions the number of atoms stays the same no matter how they are arranged, so their total
mass stays the same before and after the chemical reaction. This is a statement of which law?
a. The law of conservation of mass.
c. The law of chemical reactions.
b. The law of conservation of chemicals.
d. The law of definite compounds.
12. When iron chemically reacts with oxygen in the air, rust is produced. What can be said about the properties
of rust?
a. The properties of rust are the same as the c. The properies of rust are the same as
properties of iron.
both iron and oxygen.
b. The properties of rust are the same as the d. The properties of rust are different than
properties fo oxygen.
the properties of iron and oxygen.
13. What is it that stays the same before and after a chemical reaction?
a. The number and type of atoms in the
c. The compounds.
substances.
b. The molecules.
d. The reactants.
14. According to the law of conservation of mass, how does the mass of the products in a chemical reaction
compare to the mass of the reactants?
a. The mass of products is sometimes greater.
b. There is no relationship.
c. The mass of reactants is greater.
d. The masses are always equal.
15. What type of chemical reaction liberates (releases) heat?
a. Endocaloric
c. Exothermic
b. Endothermic
d. Exoperiodic

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16. How many hydrogen atoms are there in the compound CH3CH2CH3?
a. 8
c. 3
b. 10
d. 14
17. What type of chemical reaction absorbs (takes in) heat?
a. Endocaloric
c. Endothermic
b. Exoperiodic
d. Exothermic
18. Which of the following changes gives NO evidence that a chemical reaction has taken place?
a. Two substances react to form a completely new and different substance.
b. Two liquids are mixed, and the reaction gives off heat.
c. A cube of solid forms a puddle of liquid.
d. A certain liquid is added to a solid, and bubbles of gas form.
19. Which of the following is NOT a possible sign of a chemical change?
a. a change in color
c. the release of energy(heat or cold)
b. a change in state of matter
d. the release of a gas
20. Which of the following changes is chemical rather than physical?
a. Aluminum foil is crumpled.
b. Water is boiled.
c. Glass is shattered.
d. Wood is burned.
21. Which change can be reversed by changing the temperature?
a. a spoonful of pancake batter cooking in a hot pan
b. water droplets condensing on the outside of a glass of ice-cold lemonade
c. a lit firecracker exploding into bright bursts of different colors
d. a chicken egg hatching into a baby chick when the egg is kept warm
22. The reactants and the products in a chemical reaction have what?
a. The same identities.
c. Nothing.
b. The same properties.
d. Different properties and identities.